Gabby Parsons

I was feeling the Holiday Spirit and decided, let's bring back the Caption Contest ! As usual, I searched high and low for a Christmas photo to inspire you, so without further adieu, please give me your best caption to this photo. The winner will receive many fabulous prizes, once I figure out what that might be. Expect at least one great CD.

Wow! Ladies Rock Camp was the MOST FUN I have had in years. Imagine 3 days where you meet new people, form a band, learn to play your instrument ( mine was the bass), write an original song and perform in front of an audience.

My bandmates ( I love saying that) , Elizabeth, Toni and Gail and I clicked right away, and our song came together very quickly. of course, we wrote a snarky one.

This is how the weekend went. We met Friday morning, had a class on song writing, then instrument instruction, then we went into our band room to work on the song. The afternoon flew by and by 5 PM I was so exhausted, I could barely drive home. My fingers hurt and my brain was swimming with new information.

Day 2, more songwriting, a little more instrument instruction, then we started playing our song. Our band Push worked so well together. We each contributed to the song and we all loved playing and singing it. I even sang a few lines, and I haven't sung on stage since 6th grade!
Wasn't quite as exhausted Saturday, but my fingers still hurt a little.

All of a sudden it was Sunday! YIKES! Band practice all morning, band practice in the afternoon. We were ready. I didn't even need to look at my " cheat sheet" of the chord changes anymore.

All five bands looked like rock stars and we were ready to take the stage at the Brink. I wanted my band to go on early, but we were 4th out of 5. We were so nervous, but took the stage with confidence, belted out our snarky song and before I knew it, it was over.

If you love music, then this is an experience all women should have. The musical director Beth Kiille has the most amazing staff of women instructors and band coaches that made the entire weekend fun and easy. We were all shapes and ages, yet, for one too quick weekend, we WERE rockers.

I'm sure it's no secret that I am a music freak. I was the kid who always had the radio on, but playing music on records and radio and playing an instrument are 2 different things.

I took piano lessons when I was a kid, from 4th grade until my senior year in HS. I never was able to play " by ear", and I hated practicing. I took oboe lessons for one year, but I kept breaking the reed on my braces. Reeds were 75 cents each and that was a lot of money for a Jr High student back then.
I went to a music and art camp one summer, and played the drums. I was in a jug band my freshman year in college, playing tambourine and kazoo. That is my entire sum of music performing, until THIS WEEKEND!!

On Friday, I begin 3 days of Ladies Rock Camp, where I will learn to play the bass ( I chose my instrument), we will form a band, write an original song and perform it in front of an audience at a showcase Sunday evening at the Brink Lounge

For someone who has always admired musicians, I'm so excited I get a tiny taste of what their lives are like. So wish me luck and come out and watch all the bands ( there should be 5 of them) on Sunday.

As another rainy work week comes to an end, get a chuckle or two with this week’s caption contest winners, starting with the honorable mentions.

We always love the local references:

Paul H HAs is par for the course in Madison, there are always a few who seem compelled to take things to extremes, and thus the comparative lack of surprise when Otis Farnblip showed up with his homemade mount for Ride the Drive.

Vicki poses a good solution to a problem
Vicki DWe all wondered what Fred was going to do with all the extra rakes when the kids moved away.

The answer is “a very funny caption.”

Cliff ClavenMr. Trebek, I am going to go with "What do you get when you combine a life of solitude, an abandoned crate of rakes, strong welding skills, and an affinity for weed?"

Tammy cracks me up

Tammy AAmish version of p.i.m.p. my ride.

Love the word play from Kat

Kat ORake n Roll !

And this week’s BIG WINNER of autographed Monkee’s CD and other prizes is…

Yes, I said Spring. They promised us we WILL get warmer weather, so there's that.

But our caption photo is optimistic! You know the drill; give me your best caption to THIS photo.REMEMBER TO PUTYOUR NAME IN THE SUBJECT LINE THEN EMAIL IT TO ME AT GPARSONS@ENTERCOM.COM TO GET CREDIT AND WIN MY FABULOUS PRIZES!

Hope you had a good Spring Break ( now if only Spring actualy WOULD break), but I digress.
Hope this photo will put you in the mood! Please give me your best caption.REMEMBER TO PUT YOUR NAME IN THE SUBJECT LINETO GET CREDIT AND WIN FABUOUS PRIZES!!! THEN, EMAIL YOUR CAPTION TO ME AT GPARSONS@ENTERCOM.COM.

It’s that time again, caption WINNERS! I thought you would have a hard time with this photo, but you proved me wrong once again.
We had several Harlem Shake references and a few “asps”, and here are this week’s honorable mentions:

MickeyTom was hoping that having a couple of D-list gods around, might boost sales at his once bustling hookah shop

KraigI am just so damned fed up with guarding that frigging tomb. What can possibly happen to him? The dude's been dead for over three thousand years! It is time for this Basenji to relax.

Paul H H“Look, the union rules are very clear: they say that every 3 hours we get a 15-minute break…HOW we take it is up to us.”

G.V. Parmelli
"It just goes to show," said Anubis, "You really DON'T have to go out of your way for an affordable drink and some eye-candy!"

And this week’s WINNER of some CD’s of her choice AND some Bucky Badger paraphernalia is…

Had enough snow for a while? Join the club. Perhaps thinking up a funny caption to this photo will brighten up the day.REMEMBER TO USE YOUR NAME IN THE SUBJECT LINE AND EMAIL ME YOUR CAPTION TO GPARSONS@ENTERCOM.COM

I still have some cool Bucky Badger items as well as your choice of a CD and some other nonsense I might have hanging around.

There was just about universal love for this foot-stomper from John Denver.
John Denver had hit after hit in the mid 1970s, and this was one of them, goign all the way to #1 in 1975.
Go ahead, crank it up, sing it loud and proud. And maybe swing...

A silly novelty tune with a jump swing beat took the country by storm--at least parts of it--in early 1984.
A Chicago band called Jump 'N The Saddle scored a #15 with the Curly Shuffle...and it seems a lot of people have some pretty awesome...

It was almost a clean-sweep this morning for the synthesizer heavy "(Keep Feeling) Fascination") by the Human League. Everybody was in the mood for a little 80s fun!
It made it up to #8 on the charts in 1983, a couple of years after...

Here's a song that inspired high-schoolers to act like 12-year-olds back in the late 1970's. The lyric "when you're in love with a beautiful woman, it's hard," was just so darn hilarious!!
Dr. Hook had a lot of hits in the...

Remember when we were headed for the 90s..and grooving to the Escape Club?
This band from London scored a number 1 hit in 1988 with the song "Wild Wild West." It's probably the only song you remember from that band--but they weren't a...

With Father's Day coming up, we thought we'd choose one of the greatest dad songs of all time. But since that song wasn't on the iPod, we decided to go with "Daddy Don't You Walk So Fast" by Wayne Newton.
This song made...

Today was another busy day at Bonnaroo. We started the day off by seeing Shakey Graves. I missed his show in Madison earlier this year so he was a must see on my list. Loved him!
Right as he ended, a press conference with Ed Helms, Abigail...

Saturday was a very busy day! So many Triple M bands to see! So many concerts were back to back, so we did a lot of walking back and forth from the stages to the media compound. If you're ever in need of getting more steps in during the day,...

There was just about universal love for this foot-stomper from John Denver.
John Denver had hit after hit in the mid 1970s, and this was one of them, goign all the way to #1 in 1975.
Go ahead, crank it up, sing it loud and proud. And maybe swing...

A silly novelty tune with a jump swing beat took the country by storm--at least parts of it--in early 1984.
A Chicago band called Jump 'N The Saddle scored a #15 with the Curly Shuffle...and it seems a lot of people have some pretty awesome...

It was almost a clean-sweep this morning for the synthesizer heavy "(Keep Feeling) Fascination") by the Human League. Everybody was in the mood for a little 80s fun!
It made it up to #8 on the charts in 1983, a couple of years after...

Here's a song that inspired high-schoolers to act like 12-year-olds back in the late 1970's. The lyric "when you're in love with a beautiful woman, it's hard," was just so darn hilarious!!
Dr. Hook had a lot of hits in the...

Remember when we were headed for the 90s..and grooving to the Escape Club?
This band from London scored a number 1 hit in 1988 with the song "Wild Wild West." It's probably the only song you remember from that band--but they weren't a...

With Father's Day coming up, we thought we'd choose one of the greatest dad songs of all time. But since that song wasn't on the iPod, we decided to go with "Daddy Don't You Walk So Fast" by Wayne Newton.
This song made...

Today was another busy day at Bonnaroo. We started the day off by seeing Shakey Graves. I missed his show in Madison earlier this year so he was a must see on my list. Loved him!
Right as he ended, a press conference with Ed Helms, Abigail...

Saturday was a very busy day! So many Triple M bands to see! So many concerts were back to back, so we did a lot of walking back and forth from the stages to the media compound. If you're ever in need of getting more steps in during the day,...